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- The study aimed to enhance understanding of binge drinking in adolescents, highlighting boredom proneness and drinking expectancies as key predictors.
- A questionnaire was conducted with 721 Italian adolescents, revealing how drinking expectancies are influenced by boredom and predict binge drinking behavior.
- The findings suggest that prevention efforts should target personality traits and the expectancies related to alcohol consumption to reduce misuse.
Article Abstract
Introduction: The main aim of this study is to improve our knowledge on binge drinking behavior in adolescents. In particular, we tested a model of predictors of binge drinking focusing on boredom proneness; we also examined the predictive and mediating role of drinking expectancies on binge drinking.
Methods: A questionnaire designed to assess current drinking behavior, such as binge drinking, drinking expectancies and boredom proneness, was administered to 721 Italian adolescents (61% females) aged between 13 and 19 years ( = 15.98, = 1.61).
Results: Structural equation modeling confirmed the evidence on drinking expectancies as predicted by boredom proneness and as predictive of adolescents' binge drinking. Interestingly, disinhibition and relief from pain seem to play a more important mediating role between boredom and alcohol outcome. Conversely, no mediation was found for interpersonal and social confidence expectancies on binge drinking.
Conclusions: In general, the results suggest that preventative interventions on alcohol misuse should focus on personality traits and underlying drinking expectancies.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5845945 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2016.05.001 | DOI Listing |
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